The Salthouse Studio
A contemporary style studio. With its flat roof, it has been designed as a modern workspace; the Salthouse Studio affords maximum light with its fully glazed walls and with its high performance insulation and double glazing provides a perfect year-round office, gym or studio. Finished to an exceptional standard.
Simply measure the space you have available and we will do the rest.
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Building Sizes
Our Salthouse Studios are available in a range of sizes:
1.8 x 2.4m (6 x 8ft) to 6.0 x 6.0m (20 x 20ft)
Lining and Insulation
All of our Studios and Offices are fully lined and insulated (roof, walls and floor). This allows for year round use,
increases comfort and decreases noise levels as well as finishing the building in a beautiful manner.
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For the roof we have a 4 tier lining and insulation process; we insulate between the ply layer and the internal matchboard tongue and groove lining and finish the building with your choice of roofing material.
For the walls, we insulate your building, by trapping a breathable paper membrane between the studwork which acts a
moisture trap. We go on to fill the cavity with insulation. There are then 2 options for lining your Studio:
Natural matchboard lining
We can line with our highest grade tongue and groove matchboarding (15mm) leaving a natural warm
feel.
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Painted matchboard lining
We can use a channeled, secret-nailed, tongue and groove matchboarding (15mm) with 3 coats of paint
leaving a satin, off-white finish which achieves a bright, clean and airy look.
Underfloor Insulation
For the floor, we secure the insulation directly onto and underneath the floorboards for extra comfort.
Roof Coverings
Our standard roofing cover for the Salthouse Studio is heavy duty,
35kg green mineralised felt. We offer a Sedum roof as an alternative.
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Heavy Duty Felt
Sedum Roof
This layered, lightweight, vegetative roof improves the buildings thermal performance (cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter). A good natural sound insulator, significantly improves rainwater run-off and has added values in terms of promoting biodiversity and habitat as well as blending in with surroundings, particularly in built up areas. No need for weeding or deadheading.
Paint System
Crane Sheds and Summerhouses have worked closely with VALTTI to make this coating system available for your building. Our Valtti system is proven to be the best possible protection for exterior timber. Valtti is fully opaque and gives an exceptionally durable, extremely low maintenance, solid 4 coat finish. Our extensive colour range is inspired by nature and the soft neutral tones of traditional colonial buildings.
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Valtti Paint System Dune
New Colour for 2013!
Valtti Paint System Black
Valtti Paint System Ivory
Valtti Paint System Cream
Valtti Paint System Lizard
Valtti Paint System Pebble
Valtti Paint System Verdigris
Valtti Paint System Twine
Valtti Paint System Lichen
Valtti Paint System Slate
Valtti Paint System Dune
New Colour for 2013!
Valtti Paint System Sandstone
Valtti Paint System Sundrenched Blue
If our colours do not compliment your surroundings it is possible to match any colour at an extra charge.
Doors
Within our workshops, we house our own Joinery Works so we make the doors for our Studios.
This ensures that the high quality that we demand is met and we can offer a bespoke service.
Our doors are constructed from hemlock, which is a timber particularly suitable for doors as apart from being durable
it is far less susceptible to movement and warping than other timbers traditionally used in doors. They are fully
glazed and also double glazed using toughened safety glass and finished with solid brass fittings, a 5 lever
mortise lock and draught excluders. You can opt for a double door.
Windows
We make our own windows within our Joinery Works to ensure quality.
The Salthouse comes with a fully glazed front elevation and a fully glazed panel on each side to
allow for maximum light and a contemporary feel. To the rear of the Salthouse is at least one opening
fanlight for ventilation. All windows are double glazed using toughened safety glass. The
fanlights have solid brass, lockable window fittings for added security and are fitted with draught excluders.
You can add more window sets if you require them.
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Double Glazed Windows
Salthouse Windows
Fanlight
Cladding Options
Our timber cladding is machined from very high quality Redwood grown in North Sweden, close to the arctic circle. Because of the temperature, these slowly grown trees produce a much more dense and stable timber than others. The timber mill we partner and have very close links to is also FSC accredited like ourselves.
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Shiplap - (ex 19 x 125mm)
The shiplap we use is particularly thick and has very few knots because of where we source it and how it grows. We plane our shiplap which gives a smooth surface finish which looks great painted.
Floor Options
Our standard and robust floorboards are set on closely spaced tanalised floor joists. If you are storing particularly heavy items or machinery we would recommend our heavy duty floor. The Studio floors already come fully insulated.
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Heavy Duty Ex 38mm thick.
Electric Packs
For lighting and using any equipment in your building, you may wish to consider our electric pack.
Professionally fitted by qualified electricians who take all the wiring to a consumer unit ready
for you to connect to your electricity supply. Internal wiring will be fitted behind the internal lining.
We can also supply your building with a heater.
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Guttering
We can fit guttering around your Studio, including a downpipe.
Guttering is available in black or white.
Options
You can personalise your Studio by creating extra rooms, adding extra doors. We will discuss your requirements with you.
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Base
All our buildings require a level solid base of the correct size. We offer a base service.
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The single most important part of installing a garden building is the base. Bases must be:
- LEVEL
- of the correct size
- square i.e. have right angled corners
If the base is undertaken by someone who does not know what they are doing the base is likely to be uneven and therefore will create a lot of problems for your building in the short term and long term. The door will start to become unaligned and not shut properly and possibly create other movements within the building structure. The base supports the building and creates distance between your building and surface water.
We strongly recommend a solid concrete base (which will include steel reinforcement within the mix), no less than 100mm deep is ideal.
The base should always be a minimum of 50mm out of the ground to prevent surface water or puddles affecting your building i.e. rotting it.
The size of the base needs to be the metric size of your building. For example, if you order a 8 x 10 building, the metric size is 2.4 x 3.0 metres and this should be the size of the base. If the base is not built to the metric size then you will see the base around the building which is unsightly.
Bases for larger buildings and in particular garages need to be built to exact dimensions and drawings should be obtained from us before the base is laid.
A timber beam base can be necessary in rare cases where the building is on a steep slope or to be built near trees with tree preservation orders on them.
Always get your garden building base laid by a professional. We supply a base service if you should require it.
Specifications
We constantly strive to ensure all our materials and techniques are the best that we can source and provide. We lead the market in producing exceptional quality timber buildings. Couple this with our personal and bespoke service and you will be totally delighted with your building.
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| Construction | Ex 19mm x 125mm shiplap on ex 38 x 75mm planed framework, all using high grade Scandinavian redwood. The walls are lined with a breathable paper membrane and insulated before being internally clad with ex 19mm vertical tongue and groove matchboarding with an option of a painted finish. |
| Roof |
Ex 19 x 125mm tongue and groove matchboarding, on solid timber rafters, fully insulated and covered with heavy duty, 35kg green mineralised felt with an alternative option of a green, living roof. Trusses are used on all buildings 3.6m long and above. |
| Doors |
Fully glazed, joinery made door. 1900 x 750mm (high x wide) for a single door or 1900 x 1350mm (high x wide) for a double door. Double glazed using toughened safety glass. Fitted with a 5 lever mortise lock and solid brass fittings set on ex 75 x 75mm door frame that is fitted with draught excluders. |
| Windows |
Fully glazed front elevation and a single glazed panel on each side. For Salthouses up to 3m in width there is a single opening fanlight on the rear of the studio. For Salthouses of 3.6m width and above there are 2 opening fanlights on the rear of the studio. The fanlights are fitted with solid, lockable brass furniture and draught excluders. All windows are double glazed using toughened safety glass and set in joinery made frames. |
| Floor |
19 x 125mm tongue and groove floorboards on 38 x 75mm tanalized planed floor joists set at no more than 450mm centres. The floorboards are insulated underneath. |
| Height |
2.0m to eave height. |
Delivery and Installation
Our experienced and professional fitters deliver and install all our buildings free of charge.
As our business is very much dependant on our reputation in providing an excellent product and service our customer care is exceedingly important to us and you will find that we very much pride ourselves on this. From design stage through to installation providing the best possible service is our number one priority.
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Access to where you wish your building to be installed is never a problem to us as each building is designed and built to order which means that we can make the building in such a way that it can fit through restricted access areas and be installed exactly where the building is required.